Spring has definitely sprung – more like summer has sprung here in Tucson and it’s Mother’s Day weekend.

Not at all a surprise – here is Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge:

1) Sunday, 11 May is Mother’s Day in the USA.  Let’s celebrate it by showing some of our photos with our mother.  

2)  Extra credit:  What did you call your mother during her life?  What did your children call your mother?  

3)  More extra credit:  Have you written a biography or tribute to your mother?  If so, please share a link if you have one.

1. In all my memories, my mother, who I always called “Mom” was never fond of having her picture taken. In spite of that, I do have a number of photographs of her.

This is the earliest photo I have of Mom and me together. It was taken in our backyard at 49 Summer Street, Passaic, New Jersey in late summer of 1952.

That’s Mom on the left and Aunt Barbara on the right on my high school graduation day in June 1970.

This is our four-generation photo taken at my Aunt Carole’s house in November 1988. Mom is on the left, Grandmother is on the right and Michael and I are in the middle.

Mom came out to California for most Christmas holidays and we always took short trips. This is December 2002 with me, Michael and Mom at Cabrillo National Monument.

This is the last paper photo I have of us together because Dave switched to slides for his photos and those are sitting in boxes in his den.

2) I always called her Mom, never Mother. My son called her Grandma Doris to differentiate her from Grandma Ruby.

3) I wasn’t participating in SNGF in 2017, but I’ve written about Mom and her military career. She was extremely proud of the fact that she served in the WAVES during World War II.

Happy Mother’s Day 2025 to All!